Change and Reform in Law Enforcement

Scott W. Phillips is an associate professor in the Criminal Justice Department at SUNY Buffalo State. He earned a PhD from SUNY Albany and his research focuses on empirical examinations of police decision making, police culture, and agency policy. His works have appeared in Journal of Criminal Justice, Police Research and Practice, Criminal Justice Policy Review, Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management, the International Journal of Police Science and Management, and Policing & Society. Dilip K. Das is a professor of criminal justice, former police chief, founding editor-in-chief of Police Practice and Research: An International Journal, and a human rights consultant to the United Nations. Das served in the Indian Police Service for 14 years. In 1994, he founded the International Police Executive Symposium (IPES), which enjoys special consultative status in the United Nations. He has authored, edited, and coedited more than 30 books and numerous articles. He is editor-in-chief of two book series, Advances in Police Theory and Practice and Interviews with Global Leaders in Policing, Courts, and Prisons. Das has received several faculty excellence awards and is a Distinguished Faculty Lecturer.

• Section I: Police Officer Education1. Benefits and Challenges of Academic Police EducationKATJA M. HALLENBERG2. Indian Police Training Institutions, Universities, and Other Stakeholder Partnerships: Toward a Matrix Model for Better PolicingSONY KUNJAPPAN3. Downsizing to a College-Educated Police ForceGREGORY E. WALSHSection II: Policing and the Public4. Correlates of Citizen Trust in the Ghanaian Police: A Regional StudyFRANCIS D. BOATENG5. Staging "White Maleness" with Cops: A Diversity Training Case AnalysisDEBORAH S. DEMEESTER & DONALD R. LAMAGDELEINE6. Reengineering the Delivery of Police Services: The Decision to Change Utilizing a Problem-Solving ModelRICHARD C. LUMB & JOHN B. ROGERS7. Factors That Predict Citizen Support for Aggressive PolicingTIMOTHY A. LAVERY, AMIE M. SCHUCK, MEGAN A. ALDERDEN, RACHEL M. JOHNSTON, DENNIS P. ROSENBAUM, & CODY D. STEPHENS8. Opposing Perspectives of Policing in Pakistan and Implications for ReformMARK SHAWSection III: Past and Contemporary Changes in Policing9. Assessing the Current Status of Women in Policing: The Presence of the PastVENESSA GARCIA10. Police Downsizing and Change Processes in Northern Ireland: Retired Police Officers' Views on the Implementation of the Patten Report on PolicingPAUL KENNETH GILBERT, CHRISTOPHER ALAN LEWIS, & CONOR MC GUCKIN11. Reflections on Police Corruption: Faltering Developments in Regulating Police Conduct in AustraliaBERNADINE TUCKER & ANN-CLAIRE LARSEN12. Policing Terrorism: The Significance of the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force ProgramCHRISTOPHER W. ORTIZ13. Police Web Presence: Engaging with the Digital FrontierMICHAEL F. AIELLO & VIKAS K. GUMBHIR14. The Role of Facebook in Policing: Linking Law Enforcement and the CommunityMICHELLE KILBURN, LAURA KRIEGER, CRYSTAL CECIL, & LUKE MORAVEC15. A Dynamical Spider Web of Change: The Process of Changing Policy in Law EnforcementMICHELE MUNI16. ConclusionSCOTT W. PHILLIPS